Bloody and wan (Claudius)
How would I endure it if, bloody and wan,
The slaughtered came to me in sleep,
All those mourning spirits, and began
Around me to weep?
Matthias Claudius, from "War Song"
Labels: poetry
There will never be a free and enlightened State until the State comes to recognize the individual as a higher and independent power, from which all its own power and authority are derived, and treats him accordingly.
—Henry David Thoreau
—Henry David Thoreau
Tuesday, April 05, 2016
